Another one of those nights — Seven did well because of solid performances by its digital channels and won total people. Nine did better in the main channels, and claims a result (and did well in the demos, unlike Seven). Ten holds up with Masterchef — 1.08 million national viewers — the most watched non-news program. Another weak night for 7.30 — 401,000 metro viewers and 656,000 nationally, too low for a program of its importance. The Project on Ten had 503,000 metro and 732,000 national viewers.

And being a Thursday night, there was the weekly battle of the AFL skewing footy shows from Nine and Seven. And it was bad news again for Nine’s Eddie McGuire hosted The Footy Show. In the three AFL metro markets, The Front Bar had 296,000 viewers, The Footy Show, 248,000. And The Front Bar had more viewers in Adelaide and Perth. 

Seven’s night in regional markets with the 6pm News on top with 598,000 viewers, Seven News/TT was second with 503,000, then the 5.30pm part of The Chase Australia with 401,000, Home and Away was fourth with 387,000 and the 7pm ABC News was fifth with 338,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (28.7%)
  2. Nine (27.4%)
  3. Ten (21.7%)
  4. ABC (15.4%)
  5. SBS (6.8%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (20.4%)
  2. Seven (17.2%)
  3. Ten (16.6%)
  4. ABC (9.6%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.7%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.3%)
  2. 7mate (4.0%)
  3. 7flix (3.1%)
  4. ABC Kids/Comedy (3.0%)
  5. Eleven (2.8%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.528 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.378 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.201 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.179 million
  5. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 1.089 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.071 million
  7. 7pm ABC News, The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 979,000
  8. Home and Away (Seven) — 936,000
  9. Masterchef Masterclass (Ten) — 793,000

Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers

Losers: Viewers, Nine’s AFL and NRL Footy Shows, 7.30 on the ABC.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 930,000
  2. Nine News — 894,000
  3. Seven News/Today Tonight — 875,000
  4. Nine News 6.30pm — 813,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 741,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 641,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 5033,000
  8. Ten Eyewitness News — 425,000
  9. 7.30 (ABC) — 401,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 339,000

Morning (Morning) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 463,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 379,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC,  ABC News) — 228,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 217,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 162,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 86,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: Brisbane v Parramatta (Fox League) — 236,000
  2. NRL: Thursday Night League (Fox League) — 91,000
  3. NRL: The Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 80,000
  4. Selling Houses Australia (LifeStyle) — 76,000
  5. Wayne Bennett 800 (Fox League) — 70,000